Then I will not be ashamed when I compare my life with your commands.
“Then you will take delight in the Almighty and look up to God.
Lord, sustain me as you promised, that I may live! Do not let my hope be crushed.
Each of your commandments is right. That is why I hate every false way.
I cling to your laws. Lord, don’t let me be put to shame!
May I be blameless in keeping your decrees; then I will never be ashamed.
You are my friends if you do what I command.
For the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as a person who has broken all of God’s laws.
And now, dear children, remain in fellowship with Christ so that when he returns, you will be full of courage and not shrink back from him in shame.